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    from the pinnacle of the temple , as it does not lie in the natural course of things , would be merely prodigious ; lastly , never , though the greatest immediate advantage were by that means attainable , to enter into fellowship with the wicked , and still less into a state of dependence upon them ,- and Christ could not express himself more strongly against the opposite mode of

    conduct than by ascribing it to Satan . That we find in this passage such a compendium of wisdom adapted to the Messiah and his apostles , and that it is precisely the developement of Satan ' s thoughts which is placed in the strongest relief , while the answer is kept in the back ground , renders this view of the subject highly probable . In such a sense then Christ delivered this parable to his disciples ; for that one of the apostles should have invented it in the same sense , is less likely . "—Pp . 57 , 58 .

    From ch . iv . 31 , to ch . vii . 10 , Dr . S . observes , that we have a number of narratives all derived from Capernaum or its neighbourhood , and as they bear the marks of their original independence in their conclusions , their frequent repetition of phrases respecting the growing reputation of Christ , and their abrupt commencements , while the first half contains chiefly miracles , and the latter half chiefly discourses , he conjectures that we have here collections made by two inquirers , one of whom exerted himself to obtain ,

    in the vicinity of Capernaum , remarkable actions of our Lord , the other remarkable sayings . In their present arrangement , however , he thinks the order of chronology is violated , as it would have been impossible that the miraculous draught of fishes ( ch . v . 1—11 ) should have produced such an effect on Peter ' s mind , had he previously witnessed the cure of his wife's mother ( ch . iv . 38—44 ) . And he argues , that Luke cannot have been himself the author of these narratives , as he would in that case not have

    introduced so important a personage as Peter , without any especial notice . The account of the dispute between our Saviour and the Pharisees , occasioned by his feasting with publicans , he considers not to have taken place at the banquet given by Levi , ( ch . v , 27 , ) where the Pharisees would hardly be present , but after our Saviour had left Levi's house ; and he ingeniously vindicates Luke ' s subjoining the remark respecting new wine , which is wanting in the parallel passage in Matthew ix . 17 ( ver . 39 ) , "No man having drank old wine straightway desireth new : for he saith The old is better . " To most readers this addition seems to have no connexion in

    argument with the preceding remark , about putting new . wine into old bottles ; and they have supposed that , from the mention of wine in both , Luke had placed the latter in a connexion in which it did not originally stand . Dr . S ., however , observes ,

    " I would moreover vindicate our narrative with respect to the last addition , verse 39 , and remark , that it need not be supposed to have been borrowed from another place , and only added here b y an injudicious second hand . For it is not so much at variance with the mode in which the preceding figures of like nature are applied , to deprecate all intermixture of the new spirit with the old and with ancient forms . Old wine , it is true , is every where preferred , like old familiar usages , but at the same time we are not here , where the wine alluded to is a common light wine which never lasts many years , and the

    growth of a country not particularly distinguished for its wines , to think of our high estimation of old rich wines in comparison with the new and rough . The old wine is indeed preferred , but this is no reason why a later vintage may not be more generous and of greater strength , and this was what Jesus meant of his doctrine and his spirit . And in this sense it is a softening addition ; he would not take it ill that they did not yet like this new wine , but as usual held the old the better ; the value of the new was to be proved by the taste , and the relish for it could only gain upon them by degrees . "—P . 84 .

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    40 Review . ' —Schleiermachers Critical Essay on the Gospel of St . Luke ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1827, page 40, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1792/page/40/